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WORD AMONG US INC

EIN 52-1320592 FREDERICK, MD

Revenue 2024
$15,285,637
Expenses 2024
$14,883,491

Program services were 96.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
7115 GUILFORD DR STE 100

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WORD AMONG US HELPS OVER 2 MILLION DIGITALLY AND OVER 700,000 READERS IN PRINT TO BE CHANGED THROUGH A LIFE-CHANGING ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS CHRIST IN DAILY PRAYER AND SCRIPTURE.

  • THE WORD AMONG US(TWAU) PUBLISHES MAGAZINES, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND DIGITAL RESOURCES THAT HELP CATHOLICS IN EVERY STAGE OF DISCIPLESHIP. THE ENGLISH "THE WORD AMONG US- AND SPANISH "LAPALABRA ENTRE NOSOTROS" MAGAZINES TOUCH THE LIVES OF OVER 600,000 CATHOLICS IN NORTH AMERICA EVERY MONTH. PASTORS IN MORE THAN 5,000 PARISHES OFFER "THE WORD AMONG US" TO THEIR PARISHIONERS AS A WAY TO GROW AS MATURE DISCIPLES OF JESUS. TWAU PRESS OFFERS BOOKS, PAMPHLETS THAT HELP CATHOLICS WHO MAY ATTEND MASS INCONSISTENTLY IN LIVING WITH THE LORD AND BEGIN TO GROW IN CATHOLIC DISCIPLESHIP. IN 2024 TWAU HELPED 223,000 CATHOLIC IN THE PEWS AND GROUPS GROW IN THEIR FAITH. OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE USE OUR DIGITAL AND OTHER NON-PRINT RESOURCES FOUND AT WAU.ORG OR IN OUR DIGITAL MAGAZINE EDITION(IOS, ANDROID, KINDLE) IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

    Expenses $14,387,441 · Revenue $15,285,637

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JEFFREY SMITH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $438,449
    From this org
    $385,345
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,104
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $369,687
    Bonus
    $14,000
    Other
    $1,658
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,404
    Filer's total
    $438,449

  • JOSEPH M DIFATO

    VP OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $269,893
    From this org
    $243,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,964
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,322
    Bonus
    $19,000
    Other
    $607
    Deferred
    $15,047
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,917
    Filer's total
    $269,893

  • SUSAN HEUVER

    VP MISSION &

    Total calculated
    $254,895
    From this org
    $228,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,723
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,172
    Bonus
    $9,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,102
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,621
    Filer's total
    $254,895

  • LEO ZANCHETTIN

    EDITORIAL DI

    Total calculated
    $237,994
    From this org
    $190,307
    From related orgs
    $600
    Other
    $47,087
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,219
    Bonus
    $3,800
    Other
    $288 + $600 related
    Deferred
    $11,816
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,271
    Filer's total
    $237,394 + $600 related

  • NANCY CLEMENS

    PRODUCTION M

    Total calculated
    $228,944
    From this org
    $211,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,482
    Bonus
    $38,250
    Other
    $7,136
    Deferred
    $14,812
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,264
    Filer's total
    $228,944

  • JOHN ROEDER

    GENERAL MANA

    Total calculated
    $214,472
    From this org
    $168,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,749
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,627
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,096
    Deferred
    $10,521
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,228
    Filer's total
    $214,472

  • MICHAEL DIFATO

    CHIEF MARKET

    Total calculated
    $201,493
    From this org
    $167,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,933
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,536
    Bonus
    $38,024
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,343
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,590
    Filer's total
    $201,493

  • KEVIN PAGE

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $199,724
    From this org
    $160,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,633
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,591
    Bonus
    $6,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,630
    Filer's total
    $199,724

  • JAMIE SMITH

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $195,687
    From this org
    $183,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $1,132
    Deferred
    $11,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,037
    Filer's total
    $195,687

  • JAMES MANNARINO

    ASSISTANT PU

    Total calculated
    $183,873
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $165,309
    Other
    $18,564
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $158,141 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $6,300 related
    Other
    not reported + $868 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $1,678 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $16,886 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $183,873 related

  • JOHN J DIFATO

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $160,019
    From this org
    $121,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,720
    Hours/week
    25

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,299
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,126
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,594
    Filer's total
    $160,019

  • JOSEPH C DIFATO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY ERLANDSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL SHAUGHNESSY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,385
    From this org
    $9,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REINA IRENE MEJIA CHACON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN TIMONEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $15,285,637
    Expenses
    $14,883,491
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $1,264,100
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,665,894
    Expenses
    $16,268,270
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $1,404,338
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,562,529
    Expenses
    $16,055,720
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $1,703,190

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,315,908
    Expenses
    $14,549,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,622,798

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,728,929
    Expenses
    $13,823,156
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,248,853

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,847,656
    Expenses
    $13,743,147
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,989,257

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,686,701
    Expenses
    $13,256,080
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,152,569

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,110,529
    Expenses
    $12,940,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,377,210

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,934,966
    Expenses
    $12,382,589
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,838,070

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,122,208
    Expenses
    $12,570,963
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,710,565

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,609,903
    Expenses
    $12,082,991
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,998,135

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,031,899
    Expenses
    $11,521,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,061,088

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,991,468
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,878,068

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.